Union Pacific Foundation Continues The Principals' Partnership in Iowa Public High Schools

The Principals' Partnership and Nonprofit Organizations in Iowa Receive More Than $175,000 from Union Pacific Foundation

Omaha, Neb., April 02, 2008 – Union Pacific Foundation is granting $175,100 to fund The Principals' Partnership and projects submitted by nonprofit organizations in Iowa.

The Principals' Partnership, the signature giving program of Union Pacific Foundation, will continue to serve as a professional resource to 18 public high school principals in Iowa. This is the sixth year the program has been in Iowa.  Additionally, the Foundation is providing grants to18 nonprofit organizations in the state.

“Union Pacific continues our association with the great organizations located where our employees live and work because we know they help make those communities a better place,” said Bob Turner, president of Union Pacific Foundation. “We are also very proud of our award winning program that supports public high school principals called The Principals’ Partnership. Union Pacific created The Partnership because we believe strong leaders build strong schools and ultimately, stronger communities.”

The Principals' Partnership assists approximately 1,000 principals with responsibilities for more than 1 million students. The seven-year-old program helps fulfill principals' leadership needs through a number of opportunities, including research, networking and workshops. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, the Partnership starts with the professional needs of each principal and offers an individually customized program to meet those needs. The program is offered at no cost to the school, the district or the principal.

The Principals' Partnership is offered to public high school principals in key communities served by Union Pacific. For the third straight year, the program extends to principals in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

2008 Foundation Grants
Recipient	City
Ames Historical Society	Ames
United Way of Boone County	Boone
Carroll County ISU Extension Office	Carroll
African American Heritage Foundation	Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek Nature Center	Cedar Rapids
St Lukes Health Care Foundation	Cedar Rapids
United Way of East Central Iowa	Cedar Rapids
Gateway United Way	Clinton
Children And Families Of Iowa	Des Moines
Chinese Cultural Center Of America	Des Moines
United Way of Central Iowa	Des Moines
United Way of Greater Fort Dodge, Inc.	Fort Dodge
Clinton County Conservation Foundation Inc	Grand Mound
Marshalltown Area United Way	Marshalltown
United Way of North Central Iowa	Mason City
Siouxland Historical Railroad Association	Sioux City
United Way of Siouxland	Sioux City
Town & Country Arts	Woodbine
2008 The Principal's Partnership
Participating School	City
Ames High School	Ames
Boone Junior-Senior High School	Boone
Abraham Lincoln High School	Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson High School	Council Bluffs
Central Campus High School	Des Moines
East High School	Des Moines
Hoover High School	Des Moines
Lincoln High School	Des Moines
North High School	Des Moines
Scavo Campus School	Des Moines
Theodore Roosevelt High School	Des Moines
Eagle Grove High School	Eagle Grove
Marshalltown High School	Marshalltown
Missouri Valley High School	Missouri Valley
Central Campus High School	Sioux City
East High School	Sioux City
North High School	Sioux City
West High School	Sioux City

The Union Pacific Foundation grants to nonprofit organizations support education, health and human services, and charitable outreach, and reflect Union Pacific Foundation's 49-year tradition of supporting community and civic programs.

Union Pacific Foundation

The Union Pacific Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Union Pacific Corporation. The Foundation has distributed funds since 1959 to qualified organizations in communities served by Union Pacific. The Foundation is not endowed, but is funded each year from the operating profits of Union Pacific Corporation. Much of the foundation's philanthropic support is directed toward The Principals' Partnership, its signature giving program. Union Pacific believes principals who are effective leaders build strong schools, which in turn produce solid citizens, workers and adults. When that happens, we all benefit.

About Union Pacific

Union Pacific Corporation owns one of America’s leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, links 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country and serves the fastest-growing U.S. population centers. Union Pacific’s diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Energy, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The railroad offers competitive long-haul routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways. Union Pacific connects with Canada’s rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major gateways to Mexico, making it North America ’s premier rail franchise.

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